Professional news. I will be leaving the Naval War College to take a position with the Russia Team at CNA. I love the War College but am thrilled to be joining another great team. Will move after finishing up my current gig as Senior Advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations.

Good thread here.

Fun fact about this one: the Sixth Fleet commander who planned and executed the 2019 Syria attacks, which were a master class in military deception operations, was current U.S. Navy CNO Admiral Lisa Franchetti. #USNavy

🚨 The wave of new reports from CNA's Russia Studies Program continues! I'm pleased to share our concise primer on the contemporary Russian General Staff in its institutional and political context. cna.org/reports/2024/1…

🚨 NEW REPORT OUT. The Russia Studies Program at CNA is pleased to release a major study on Russia's war economy and how wartime defense industrial production has overcome export controls since 2022. Find it here. 👇🏻 cna.org/reports/2024/1…

Footage posted today of a Russian Ka-29 engaging what appears to be a Ukrainian Magura V USV equipped with R-73 anti-aircraft missiles. Stark example of the challenges of mounting AA missiles on a platform and in an environment they weren’t built for. t.me/infomil_live/1…

Sending this out before this site gets really weird. The latest Naval War College Review is online! This is the first issue out since I have stepped in as Interim Editor. So I'd like to introduce the issue and re-introduce the Review in a short thread. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol…

Friends, I'm shifting over to the blue sky place (michael b petersen @ bsky . social) and LinkdIn. This website stopped being professionally useful a long time ago, and its owner is awful. No reason to support this anymore.

I was happy to talk about this with the Washington Post. Don't believe the hype about Poseidon. Gift article. wapo.st/3LiPswj